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"A year's supply of Ham and PINEAPPLE Pizzas." You're in luck - supermarkets have them stacked high and unsold. | |||
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"This happened to me years ago" So, what did you buy? | |||
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"This happened to me years ago So, what did you buy?" It actually went towards buyin a new dog(flat coat retriever) | |||
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"What are you spending it on? "I wouldn't spend it, but then again I don't buy scratchcards or take part in the lottery. People who feel they have to spend after minor windfalls will always stay poor. | |||
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"What are you spending it on?
I wouldn't spend it, but then again I don't buy scratchcards or take part in the lottery.
People who feel they have to spend after minor windfalls will always stay poor."Quite so! A philosophy of I am flush so I will blow the lot, yet when they are broke and claim poverty, they despise wiser people who saved and now have adequate financial resources. They are simply oblivious to the error of their squanderous ways and as you say, they will always stay poor. | |||
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"What are you spending it on?
I wouldn't spend it, but then again I don't buy scratchcards or take part in the lottery.
People who feel they have to spend after minor windfalls will always stay poor.
Quite so! A philosophy of I am flush so I will blow the lot, yet when they are broke and claim poverty, they despise wiser people who saved and now have adequate financial resources. They are simply oblivious to the error of their squanderous ways and as you say, they will always stay poor.
"These people certainly aren't in short supply either, it's why you see so many 'Pay Day' adverts on social media and elsewhere. Zero forethought or planning for the future, everything's about 'now'. | |||
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"A Flute ... ... It is THAT time of year. Playing a flute would be too complicated for Gazza in reality though... 🤣✌️🥳😜" True enough, however even pretending to play a non-existant flute is enough to have certain people foaming at the mouth. | |||
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"What are you spending it on?
I wouldn't spend it, but then again I don't buy scratchcards or take part in the lottery.
People who feel they have to spend after minor windfalls will always stay poor.
Quite so! A philosophy of I am flush so I will blow the lot, yet when they are broke and claim poverty, they despise wiser people who saved and now have adequate financial resources. They are simply oblivious to the error of their squanderous ways and as you say, they will always stay poor.
These people certainly aren't in short supply either, it's why you see so many 'Pay Day' adverts on social media and elsewhere.
Zero forethought or planning for the future, everything's about 'now'."Spot on. The very concept of "savings" or "money for a rainy day" is sadly completely alien to so many. It’s all instant gratification — spend it now, worry about it later, " 'cos the state is my sponsor and will provide... innit!" That’s exactly why we’re constantly seeing those 'Pay Day' ads everywhere. They’re aimed at people with zero forethought or planning for the future. It's the very spend, spend, spend until you're broke philosophy inherent to successive Labour governments! Money management should really be a core subject in secondary education. We teach algebra and literature, but not budgeting, debt, or what to do when you actually get some money. Little wonder the cycle you mentioned just keeps repeating amongst the no-hopers! | |||
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"This happened to me years ago So, what did you buy? It actually went towards buyin a new dog(flat coat retriever)" Best money spent | |||
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"What are you spending it on?
I wouldn't spend it, but then again I don't buy scratchcards or take part in the lottery.
People who feel they have to spend after minor windfalls will always stay poor."That's a terribly condescending view. Some people simply cannot save (bad credit history, CCJs, poor financial literacy, housing/family pressurss, inability to mold jobs, long term ill health, disability, lack of branches) adequately & become victims to gambling. It can a choice between that & payday loans/loan sharks or even crime. OTOH, in a society that tolerates/engineers such externalities something like the lottery is, frankly, evil. Would I play the lottery? I've thought of it, but... probably not. I can afford to lose a few quid, but the poor sods exploited by the lottery often can't. An article in Vice Magazine once called it "basically evil". | |||
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